Economic activities are considered as embedded in the social structure by
many sociologists. Not very often though, is there a measurement of the
kinship network on business performance by economists themselves. It is
the ...

The aim of this study is to investigate the existence of Knowledge Management (KM) within the Limerick’ local authorities, Limerick City and Limerick County Councils. Further it explores the prevalence of KM, the types of ...

The purpose of this dissertation is to provide a detailed review of knowledge management strategies
and practices in public sector project environments, while specifically analysing the knowledge
management strategy of ...

Large portion of the key research in the Knowledge Management field has been conducted in the large organisational setting. In contrast, this thesis focuses on Knowledge Management practices utilised by small-scaled ...

This paper, using data from the 2006 Irish Census, provides evidence of the structural
advantage of Irish speaking, relative to non-speaking workers in Ireland’s labour market with advantage and disadvantage being defined ...

This article addresses the extent to which multinational companies (MNCs) in Ireland deploy practices aimed at the transfer of learning in their operations and the factors explaining inter-organisation variation in so ...

When comparisons in terms of industrial policy lessons to be learned have taken place, it has tended to be solely vis-a-vis the ‘development state’ East Asian experience. This paper broadens the analysis and considers ...

This thesis begins by introducing the concept of experience and delineating its place within the
discourses of marketing. To reach a more holistic appreciation of high-speed motorcycling, I situate
this study within the ...

.This study explores the consumption of dance during the identity transition of a homosexual man as a means of appreciating the role of dance in identity management. The account explicates how consumption of a transcendental ...

In seeking to orient consumer research towards the sonic, this article has three objectives. First, to chart the emergence of the ‘sonic turn’ in the social sciences and, relatedly, to register the echoes of such a turn ...

This article examines how the international competition to attract and retain foreign direct investment shapes the governance of business and employment systems. Through an examination of global production networks and the ...

In response to recent calls for further cross-disciplinary research on austerity and a deeper
sociological understanding of the impact and aftermath of the economic crisis on individuals and
societies, this article builds ...

This thesis is primarily an exploratory study undertaken to evaluate
the role and application of management development in the context of
the small firm and its contribution to the improved performance and
success of ...

In the context of burgeoning research on multinational corporations (MNCs) this paper addresses the issue of the representativeness of databases of MNCs in Ireland. It identifies some important deficiencies in existing ...

Ireland is one of the world's most foreign direct investment (FDI) dependent economies. This research project addresses patterns of influence and control in multinational companies (MNCs) in Ireland, with particular emphasis ...

In regards to the assessment of whether or not project managers are prepared to be effective leaders of virtual teams, little research has been done. The aims of this study are to first examine literature to identify the ...

Although social network analysis (SNA) offers an increasingly insightful perspective on the relational and structural properties of organizational activity, discourse on how to manage and coordinate its application is ...

A typical natural gas derivatives book within an energy trading business, bank, or even large utility will
generally be exposed to two broad categories of market risk. The first being outright price volatility,
where ...